June 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 9 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 21 by

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on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Eastern Orthodox Chri ...

. For June 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 26.

Saints

* Martyr Calliope (''Kalliope''), at Rome (c. 250)June 8/21
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
8 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyrs Nicander and Marcian, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297 or 303) * Martyr Mark, by the sword.June 21 / June 8
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Saint

Naucratius Saint Naucratius was the son of Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea. He was the younger brother of Macrina the Younger and Basil the Great, and an older brother of Gregory of Nyssa and Peter of Sebaste. He distinguished himself both in schola ...

, brother of St. Basil the Great (4th century) * Venerable Melania the Elder, nun, of Palladius’ ''

Lausiac History The ''Lausiac History'' ( grc-x-koine, Ἡ Λαυσαϊκή Ἱστορία, E Lavsaike Istoria) is a seminal work archiving the Desert Fathers (early Christian monks who lived in the Egyptian desert) written in 419-420 by Palladius of Galatia, ...

'' (410) * Venerable Atre (''Athre'') of Nitria in Egypt (5th century) * Saint

Ephraim of Antioch Saint Ephraim of Antioch ( el, Άγιος Εφραίμ ο Αντιοχείας), also known as Saint Ephraim of Amida ( el, Άγιος Εφραίμ o Ἀμίδιος, Syriac language, Syriac: ܐܦܪܝܡ ܐܡܕܝܐ), was the Patriarch of Antioch, ...

, Patriarch of Antioch (545)8 июня по старому стилю / 21 июня по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * Venerable Zosimas, monk, of Phoenicia (Syria) (6th century) * Venerable Paul the Confessor, of Kaiuma Monastery in Constantinople (c. 771-775)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Maximinus of Aix, venerated as the first Bishop of Aix in Provence in France (1st century) * Saint Sallustian of Sardinia, confessor. * Saint Bron, a disciple of St Patrick and

Bishop of Cassel-lrra The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly ( ga, Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church ( particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in mid-western Ireland and the metropol ...

near Sligo in Ireland (c. 511) * Saint Gildard (''Godard''), Bishop of Rouen in France for some fifteen years (514) * Saint Heraclius of Sens, the fourteenth Bishop of Sens in France (c. 515) * Saints

Severinus of Sanseverino Saints Severinus of Sanseverino (or ''of Septempeda'') (d. 550 AD) and Victorinus of Camerino (d. 543 AD) were brothers who were both bishops and hermits of the 6th century. Biography According to an unreliable legend, the brothers were noblemen ...

(550) and

Victorinus of Camerino Saints Severinus of Sanseverino (or ''of Septempeda'') (d. 550 AD) and Victorinus of Camerino (d. 543 AD) were brothers who were both bishops and hermits of the 6th century. Biography According to an unreliable legend, the brothers were noblemen ...

(543), brothers who were both bishops and hermits in the 6th century. * Saint

Medardus Saint Medardus or St Medard (French: ''Médard'' or ''Méard'') (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most ...

the Wonderworker, Bishop of Noyon (c. 558) * Venerable Levan ('' Selevan''), who came to Cornwall and gave his name to St Levan (6th century) * Saint Eustadiola, born in Bourges in France, as a widow she spent her fortune building

Moyenmoutier Abbey Moyenmoutier (; german: Mittelmünster) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called ''Médianimonastériens''. Geography The little town of Moyenmoutier is positioned along the lower part of ...

, where she became a nun and abbess (690) * Saint Chlodulf of Metz (''Clodulphus, Clodulf''), son of St Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, he too became Bishop of Metz, for forty years (696) * Venerable Muirchú (''Maccutinus''), a holy man in Ireland who wrote Lives of St Brigid and St Patrick (7th century) * Venerable

Syra Syros ( el, Σύρος ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and it has 21,507 inhabitants (2011 census). The largest towns are Ermoupoli, An ...

(''Syria''), by tradition, the sister of St

Fiacre Fiacre may refer to: *Fiacre (carriage), a horse-drawn carriage *One of three Irish saints known as Saint Fiacre *The French commune of Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne Saint-Fiacre () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de- ...

(Fiaker), an anchoress in France (7th century) (''see also: October 23 '')

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov and

Suzdal Suzdal ( rus, Суздаль, p=ˈsuzdəlʲ) is a town that serves as the administrative center of Suzdalsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, which is located on the Kamenka River, north of the city of Vladimir. Vladimir is the admin ...

(c. 1023) * Venerable Theophilus of Luga and Omutch (1412), disciple of St. Arsenius of Konevits. * New monk-martyr Theophanes, at Constantinople (1559) * Saint Nicephorus (Cantacuzene), Archdeacon, of Constantinople, who suffered under the Uniates in Marienburg, Galicia (1599) * New Hieromartyr Theodore, Priest, of Kvelta, Georgia (1609)

Other commemorations

Translation of the relics Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

of Great-martyr Theodore Stratelates ("the General"), of Heraclea (319) * Translation of the relics (1023) of Hieromartyr Alphege, abbot of Canterbury (1012) * Uncovering of the relics (1501) of Saints Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257), Princes of Yaroslavl. * Synaxis of the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Archangel Michael (the " Michaelion"), in the

Sosthenion Lasthenes ( grc, Λασθένης) or Leosthenion (Λεωσθένιον) or Sosthenion (Σωσθένιον) was a town of ancient Thrace, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. Its site is located near İstinye in European Turkey East T ...

district of Constantinople. * Synaxis of the Church of the Cross at Mtskheta, Georgia. * Glorification of St John of Kronstadt by the Russian Orthodox Church (1990) * Repose of lay elder Theodore (Sokolov) of White Lake (1973)

Icons

* Yaroslavl Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (13th century)21 июня (8 июня)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslavl
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Uryupinsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1821)

Icon gallery

File:Melanieeldericon.jpg, Venerable Melania the Elder. File:Brunoy Église Saint-Médard 215.jpg, St.

the Wonderworker, Bishop of Noyon. File:Feodor of Rostov.jpg, St. Theodore, Bishop of Rostov and

. File:Teodor Stratilat.jpg, Great-martyr Theodore Stratelates ("the General"), of Heraclea. File:Ярославская икона.jpg, Yaroslavl Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Notes

References

Sources

June 8/21
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
June 21 / June 8
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
June 8
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 42. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *
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'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 167. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 261–263. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
8 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *

Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. *
8 июня (ст.ст.) 21 июня 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:June 8 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) June in the Eastern Orthodox calendar